scholarly journals Quantitative coronary angiography: measurement of the "critical" stenosis in patients with unstable angina and single-vessel disease without collaterals.

Circulation ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
M M McMahon ◽  
B G Brown ◽  
R Cukingnan ◽  
E L Rolett ◽  
E Bolson ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Kamil ◽  
Thomas S. G. Sehested ◽  
Nicholas Carlson ◽  
Kim Houlind ◽  
Jens F. Lassen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and coronary artery disease (CAD) is an important and inadequately addressed issue. Our aim is to examine the impact of DM on risk of PAD in patients with different degrees of CAD characterized by coronary angiography (CAG). Methods Using nationwide registers we identified all patients aged ≥18 years, undergoing first time CAG between 2000 and 2012. Patients were categorized into DM/Non-DM group, and further classified into categories according to the degree of CAD i.e., no-vessel disease, single-vessel disease, double-vessel disease, triple-vessel disease, and diffuse disease. Risk of PAD was estimated by 5-year cumulative-incidence and adjusted multivariable Cox-regression models. Results We identified 116,491 patients undergoing first-time CAG. Among these, a total of 23.969 (20.58%) had DM. Cumulative-incidence of PAD among DM patients vs. non-DM were 8.8% vs. 4.9% for no-vessel disease, 8.2% vs. 4.8% for single-vessel disease, 10.2% vs. 6.0% for double-vessel disease, 13.0% vs. 8.4% for triple-vessel disease, and 6.8% vs. 6.1% for diffuse disease, respectively. For all patients with DM, the cox-regression analysis yielded significantly higher hazards of PAD compared with non-DM patients with HR 1.70 (no-vessel disease), 1.96 (single-vessel disease), 2.35 (double-vessel disease), 2.87 (triple-vessel disease), and 1.46 (diffuse disease), respectively (interaction-p 0.042). Conclusion DM appears to be associated with increased risk of PAD in patients with and without established CAD, with increasing risk in more extensive CAD. This observation indicates awareness on PAD risk in patients with DM, especially among patients with advanced CAD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Subhasish Singh ◽  
Rashmita Pradhan

Background: In order to facilitate diagnosis and timely intervention, it is essential to understand the presentation pattern of cardiac symptoms, and distribution of risk factors in women with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). However, limited data is available regarding the salient features of CAD in women like distribution of risk factors and anatomical extent. Aims and Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical and risk factor profile of women admitted with CAD and to analyze their angiographic findings in relation to the clinical presentation and risk factors in a tertiary care referral center of eastern India. Materials and Methods: In this study we prospectively analysed risk factors and angiographic patterns of 140 consecutive female patients who underwent coronary angiography for suspected CAD over a period of 2 years. Results: CAD most commonly affected females of age group >60yrs with higher incidence among postmenopausal as compared to premenopausal women. Unstable angina was the commonest presentation among patients with normal coronaries as well as obstructive CAD.A substantial percentage of women presenting with anginal pain were angiographically normal. Hypertension was the most common associated risk factor followed by diabetes, elevated total cholesterol, high LDL & low HDL. Most common coronary angiography finding was single vessel disease. On analysis, diabetes mellitus, elevated cholesterol, elevated LDL & triglycerides were most commonly associated with triple vessel disease. Conclusion: The incidence of CAD in females increased with age. Single vessel disease was the commonest presentation with Left Anterior Descending Artery, the most frequently involved vessel.


1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Iosseliani ◽  
Alexander N. Koval ◽  
Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiko IDE ◽  
Satoru Sumitsuji ◽  
Kensuke Yokoi ◽  
Masatoki Yoshida ◽  
Isamu Mizote ◽  
...  

Background: The myocardial mass at risk (MMAR), representing volume of myocardium distal to culprit lesion, is one of important factors for predicting adverse cardiac event in ischemic heart disease. However, current non-invasive cardiac imaging fails to quantify MMAR in patients with stable coronary artery disease. We have developed a new software calculating MMAR of any designated coronary artery by reconstructing the 3-dimensional-volume-data of cardiac computed tomography (CCT). The novel index, ratio of MMAR to whole left ventricular volume (%LV-MMAR), calculated with this software would be appealing to obtain MMAR objectively. This study aims to compare the %LV-MMAR with Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) and modified Albert Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) scores, both of which are invasive angiographic methods widely used to estimate MMAR, in patients with single-vessel disease. Methods: Between April 2008 and March 2014, patients suspected of effort angina pectoris without history of previous myocardial infarction were assessed with CCT and invasive coronary angiography. Of those, 48 patients who were revealed single-vessel disease (left anterior descending artery (LAD): n=22, left circumflex artery (LCX): n=11 and right coronary artery (RCA): n=15) were included in this study. %LV-MMAR was calculated on the software. BARI and modified APPROACH score were calculated and compared with %LV-MMAR. Results: Mean %LV-MMAR was 27.6 [18.2-37.1] %. BARI and APPROACH scores showed a significant correlation (r=0.92, p<0.0001). Also, a significant correlation was observed between %LV-MMAR versus BARI and %LV-MMAR versus APPROACH (r=0.95, p<0.0001 and r=0.9, p<0.0001, respectively). %LV-MMAR showed significant correlation with BARI and APPROACH scores in all vessels; LAD (r=0.95, p<0.0001 and r=0.91, p<0.0001, respectively), LCX (r=0.91, p=0.0001 and r=0.83, p=0.0002, respectively) and RCA (r=0.92, p<0.0001 and r=0.85, p<0.0001, respectively). Conclusions: This study revealed %LV-MMAR, calculated from CCT data on novel software, to be a promising index for estimating perfusion territory noninvasively in good agreement with BARI and modified APPROACH score.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Binay Kumar Rauniyar ◽  
Arun Kadel ◽  
Kiran Prasad Acharya ◽  
Kartikesh Kumar Thakur ◽  
Rakesh Bahadur Adhikari ◽  
...  

Background: With rise in prevalence of conventional risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, smoking, dyslipidemia and obesity the incidence of coronary artery disease in young patients have increased in the recent decades even in developing world. There have been multiple studies done in Nepal studying the angiographic profile of coronary disease in general population. However, only few studies has been done till date on the angiographic profile in the young population in our country. Aims and Objectives: In this study, we aim to determine the angiographic profile of young patient ≤ 40 years in a tertiary care centre of Nepal. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analytic study was done in Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre from January 2019 to December 2019. Individuals of both genders with age ≤ 40 years who underwent coronary angiography were included. Results: Total 109 patients were included. Out of 109, 89 were male and 20 were female. The mean age for male was 35.55 ± 4.31 and for female was 38.55 ± 1.90 (P = 0.003). Among 61 (55.96%) patients who had significant coronary artery disease, 33 patients (30.27%) with single vessel disease, 15 patients (13.76%) had double vessel disease, and 13 patients (11.92%) had triple vessel disease. Left anterior descending (LAD) artery was found to be most frequently involved in all patterns of Coronary artery disease (CAD). Smoking was the most common coronary risk factor present in 29.3% of patients followed by hypertension, family history of premature CAD and diabetes in 14.6%, 7.5% and 5.5% of patients respectively. Overall, the prevalence of smoking was more in males (31.4%) than in females (20%). Conclusion: Single vessel disease (SVD) was most prevalent in young patients with significant CAD. LAD is the most commonly involved coronary artery followed by Right coronary artery (RCA) and Left Circumflex (LCX).


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Sakurai ◽  
Toshihiko Asanuma ◽  
Kasumi Masuda ◽  
Masamichi Oka ◽  
Koichiro Kotani ◽  
...  

Background: Post-systolic shortening (PSS) is myocardial shortening that occurs after end-systole and is considered as a sensitive marker of myocardial ischemia. Empirically, PSS in patients with multivessel disease is smaller than that in those with single vessel disease. Although this seems to be due to a decrease of difference in contraction between the ischemic and the surrounding myocardium, no study has elucidated it. We investigated the relationship between PSS and the difference of contraction between the ischemic and surrounding myocardium in an animal model which underwent left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion (single vessel disease model) followed by left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) occlusion (multivessel disease model). Methods: In 7 open-chest dogs, left ventricular short-axis images (GE Vivid E9) and hemodynamic data were acquired at 3 conditions: (1) at baseline, (2) during LAD occlusion, and (3) during both LAD and LCx occlusion. Circumferential strains were analyzed in 6 segments by speckle tracking software. The amplitude of PSS (ε PSS ) and end-systolic strain (ε ES ) were measured and the difference of ε ES between a segment perfused by the LAD and the average of the other 5 segments was calculated (Δε ES ). Results: In the LAD segment, dyskinetic motion and PSS occurred during LAD occlusion but they were paradoxically attenuated during both LAD and LCx occlusion. ε PSS significantly correlated with Δε ES (r=0.95, p<0.05). Although ε PSS significantly decreased during both occlusion compared to LAD occlusion, ε PSS corrected by Δε ES (ε PSS /Δε ES ) did not decrease (figure). Conclusions: PSS in the ischemic myocardium was attenuated when the surrounding myocardium also became ischemic. The difference of contraction between the ischemic and the surrounding myocardium at end-systole seems to be a determinant of the amplitude of PSS. A parameter ε PSS /Δε ES may be useful for assessing ischemia in patients with multivessel disease.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-387
Author(s):  
Christine Friedrich ◽  
Rouven Berndt ◽  
Assad Haneya ◽  
René Rusch ◽  
Rainer Petzina ◽  
...  

Abstract OBJECTIVES Female gender is reported as an independent risk factor for a poor outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting. We analysed the influence of gender on surgical outcome in patients with single-vessel disease undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB). METHODS From January 1998 to December 2016, a total of 607 consecutive patients with single-vessel disease (31.9% women) underwent MIDCAB at our institution. Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) were recorded during a median follow-up period of 8.0 years. Survival time was estimated for all patients and after applying propensity score matching (138 women vs 138 men). Multivariable Cox regression analysis identified risk factors predicting a long-term mortality rate. RESULTS In women, a longer surgical time (125 vs 113 min; P &lt; 0.001) and a higher transfusion rate were recorded (13.0% vs 5.1%; P = 0.001) with similar rates of in-hospital deaths (1.0% vs 0.5%; P = 0.60) and MACCE (1.5% vs 0.7%; P = 0.39). Survival and MACCE-free survival during the follow-up period did not differ significantly between genders (P = 1.0, P = 0.36). Survival and MACCE-free survival rates after 5 years were 94% and 90% in women compared to 91% and 86% in men. Propensity score matching demonstrated improved long-term survival rates in women (P = 0.029). Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, postoperative atrial fibrillation and prolonged intensive care unit stay were associated with long-term deaths for both genders, whereas obesity, former myocardial infarction and preoperative atrial fibrillation were significant risk factors in men. CONCLUSIONS Female patients showed no adverse outcomes after MIDCAB, although risk factors were gender-specific. Overall, MIDCAB demonstrated excellent short- and long-term results as a treatment for single-vessel disease in both genders.


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